How can I use multiple Print Providers for a single listing?

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Simona Pidika

If you receive an order from a customer located in a different country (or continent) than your chosen Print Provider, you may want to fulfill it using a provider closer to the customer. This approach can shorten delivery times and reduce shipping costs — but it requires some manual setup for each order.

Below you’ll find instructions for setting up this manual workflow.

Note

If you prefer an automated alternative, check out Printify Choice Global Fulfillment, which automatically handles local fulfillment for eligible products and regions.

Manual method: Using multiple Print Providers per region

Step 1: Create unpublished product listings in Printify

Create two (or more) unpublished product drafts in Printify — for example, one for the US and one for the UK (or another region of your choice). Choose a Print Provider based in each region and save the products as drafts.

Tip

Ensure that all selected Print Providers offer the same product variants (colors, sizes, and print areas). This will make it easier to combine them under a single store listing.

Unpublished Printify product draft for the UK version of a Bella+Canvas 3001 t-shirt.

Step 2: Create a manual listing on your sales channel

Next, create a product listing directly on your sales channel (for example, Shopify). Add all the colors and sizes you plan to offer. This listing will serve as your main product that customers see in your store.

Step 3: Set up flat shipping rates for the sales channel product

Manually set flat shipping rates for each region based on the rates of your selected Print Providers.

For example, if your UK provider charges USD 3.98 for the first item and USD 1.29 for each additional one, set those rates for your UK shipping zone. Repeat this step for every region you plan to sell in.

At checkout, your customers will see the appropriate rate based on their delivery address.

Step 4: Manually import the order when a customer submits it in your store

When an order comes in through your store:

Go to Orders → Other orders in Printify.
Locate the order and click Select product.
Choose the unpublished product draft that corresponds to the customer’s region (for example, the UK draft for a UK order).
Click Import order, then Submit order to send it to production.

Printify Orders page with the “Other orders” tab highlighted.

Note

Do not select Automatically import orders with this product variant, as that would permanently map the store product to one Print Provider only.

Select product window with the “Automatically import orders with this product variant” option highlighted.

Use Printify Choice Global Fulfillment for automated local routing

If you’d like to achieve the same outcome — faster local fulfillment and lower shipping costs — without the manual steps, try Printify Choice Global Fulfillment.

What it does

Available to Etsy and Shopify merchants, Printify Choice Global Fulfillment automatically fulfills eligible orders locally in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and the EU, giving customers faster delivery and localized shipping rates without the need to manage multiple drafts.

How it works

Select a Printify Choice product with the Global Fulfillment option.
Publish it to your store as usual.
When a buyer from one of the supported regions places an order, Printify fulfills it through the closest local provider.

If a variant isn’t eligible or temporarily out of stock in the region, the order will be fulfilled using standard international shipping rates.

Key benefits

Localized shipping rates and faster delivery times
One global listing instead of multiple regional ones
No manual routing or importing required

Global Fulfillment is currently available for select products — including Bella+Canvas 3001, Gildan 5000, 64000, 18000, and 18500 — and their most popular variants.